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U.S. Marines Corps Gen. John Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, addresses an audience at Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines Corps Gen. John Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, addresses an audience at Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Gregg Alvarez, a trumpet player, with 1st Marine Division Band plays during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Gregg Alvarez, a trumpet player, with 1st Marine Division Band plays during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band participate in an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band participate in an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marine Corps Mollie Juberien, a piccolo player with the 1st Marine Division Band, plays a solo during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Mollie Juberien, a piccolo player with the 1st Marine Division Band, plays a solo during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. Tracy Martinez, a Enlisted Conductor with the 1st Marine Division Band, conducts the band during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. Tracy Martinez, a Enlisted Conductor with the 1st Marine Division Band, conducts the band during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band march off the field during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band march off the field during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band march off the field during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band march off the field during an anniversary ceremony with the French Legionnaires on Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, on May 31, 2015. The ceremony was held to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks at a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Donald Holbert/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Donald Holbert/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Donald Holbert

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Trevino/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Trevino/Released)

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus gives his condolences to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta at Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus gives his condolences to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta at Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Courtesy

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division and family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta attend a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Al Fajr in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004, where he covered an enemy grenade with his body protect his fellow Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Photo by Courtesy

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Webber, Chaplain with 1st Marine Division, speaks before family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the brunt of the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7 , 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Iraq on November 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Webber, Chaplain with 1st Marine Division, speaks before family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, during a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in his honor aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the brunt of the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7 , 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Iraq on November 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Rosa Peralta, the mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines and Sailors participate in a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors participate in a Navy Cross Presentation Ceremony held in honor of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors watch as Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to the family members of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 8, 2015. Sgt. Rafael Peralta was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously after sacrificing his life by absorbing the blast of an enemy grenade and shielding fellow Marines only feet away while serving with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division in Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis Vega/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Luis Vega

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